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As part of activities to mark National Heritage Week, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), on Monday (Oct. 11), donated heritage material to the Tredegar Park All-age School in St. Catherine. The agency's Chief Executive Officer, Donna-Marie Rowe handed over a package containing posters of the national heroes and the national symbols, and a compact disc (cd) showcasing traditional dances, to...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness says more emphasis will be placed on the promotion and acquisition of vocational skills based training, a critical component of economic growth. "The Ministry is focusing on the labour market aspect of growth, which is to provide an education base on top of which you can train people, and then to provide the infrastructure...

The Port Antonio regional office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) opened its Heritage activities, with a visit to Martins Primary School, St. Mary, on Thursday (October 7). Students participated in an audio visual presentation and an interactive question and answer session. The school was also presented with JIS publications for its library. The visit forms part of the Agency's...

Conflict resolution officers, prefects, sub prefects and student counsellors of the Clan Carthy High School, in St. Andrew, have been encouraged to display positive values and attitudes and to be confident performing their duties. The challenge was made yesterday (October 6), at an event dubbed, 'School Invasion', organised by the Students For Transformation (SFT), the youth arm of the National...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says the government is pursuing a policy of mainstreaming technical and vocational based education, alongside traditional learning, to create a better rounded workforce, which is prepared to meet rigorous employment demands and standards, both locally and globally. Speaking on October 5 at the official opening of the Jamaica National Skills Competition and World Skills...

More than 80 persons from communities in Clarendon and Manchester are completing their literacy and numeracy training in Phase 1 of a 'Documentation Skills' project, funded by the Alcoa Foundation, through Jamalco, with a grant of US$110,000. The project, being carried out by the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), commenced in 2009 and is designed to help rural community...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education (MOE), Grace McLean said today (October 4), that a decision will be made during the course of this week whether or not to extend the school term, as a result of school closures last week caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicole. "Whenever we have situations of this nature, then the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has appealed to a Jamaican/Canadian charitable organisation to assist Grade Four students in the Jamaican education system. "Grade Four is that critical grade when you have to show mastery in numeracy and literacy in order to do well in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT)," Mr. Bartlett told patrons attending the fifth annual Jamaica...

The new Breadnut Hill Basic School in Ocho Rios was officially handed over to the community by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund on Tuesday (September 28). The school, which caters to approximately 30 students, was upgraded and equipped at a cost of $12 million. Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, who was a special guest at...

Against the background of moderate improvements in the weather and the forecast for a continuation of this trend, the Ministry of Education (MOE), after consultation with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising that it is deemed safe for most schools to reopen on Friday, October 1, 2010. The MOE/ODPEM advise that for schools located in...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean has announced that weather permitting, all schools should re-open tomorrow (October 1). She further noted that a team from the Ministry is in the field doing assessments of damage to schools. "Our officers are on the ground monitoring the situation and assessing whether there are any major repairs to be...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean is reminding all schools to remain closed until further notice, in light of the heavy rains pelting the island, as a result of Tropical Storm Nicole. "We have been in touch with the Regional Offices and the situation remains the same as it relates to the weather and nothing has...